The artists of Plein Air Peconic invite you to celebrate TEN years of working to create and exhibit artwork that helps spread the word about the importance of land conservation.

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"Dune Beach Wave" by Casey Chalem Anderson.

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Art has the power to connect people to the environment. “Through their paintings and photographs the artists of Plein Air Peconic capture the effects of light and atmospheric conditions here on the East End of Long Island,” declares art historian Terry Wallace.

The Plein Air Peconic artists will exhibit artworks featuring farms, beaches and wetlands of Eastern Long Island. Many are conserved with the help of the Peconic Land Trust.

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"Sokolon Dennison Preserve" by Michele Margit.

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All of the artwork is for sale. The artists donate a portion of art sales to the Peconic Land Trust.

Plein Air Peconic is a fellowship of artists dedicated to the tradition of working on site to create images of Long Island’s East End. They share a mutual interest with the Peconic Land Trust in preserving agricultural landscapes and our beautiful watershed vistas.An important aspect of Plein Air Peconic’s work is to draw attention to land preservation in the community, encourage environmental awareness, and to promote a greater appreciation of landscape painting and photography through the exhibition of our artwork.

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Artwork by Ellen Watson.

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"Dune Beach" by Susan Dalessio.

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In 2005, thirteen plein air artists and landscape photographers organized Plein Air Peconic.Plein Air Peconic works in the tradition of Tile Club members William Merritt Chase and Winslow Homer, who are recognized as the first Plein Air painters on the East End. Over the past decade, Plein Air Peconic has exhibited widely in galleries on both the North and South Fork.They have created travelling exhibitions for East End libraries to further land conservation education, and hosted forums on the intersection of landscape art and conservation.

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"Back Country Road, Hampton Style" by Gordon Matheson.

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"Wainscott Pond" by Terry Ekins.

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About the Peconic Land Trust:

Founded in 1983, Peconic Land Trust conserves Long Island's working farms, natural lands, and heritage. Since its inception, the nonprofit Trust has worked conscientiously with landowners, communities, municipalities, partner organizations, and donors, to conserve over 11,000 acres of land on Long Island.The Trust has Stewardship Centers in Cutchogue, Bridgehampton (Bridge Gardens), Southold (Agricultural Center at Charnews Farm and Shellfisher Preserve) and Amagansett (Quail Hill Farm) and its Main Office is in Southampton.

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"Wolffer" by Joanne Rosko.

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"Phillips Pond" by Tom Steele.

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About Growing Farmers:

Growing Farmers isa 16-minute documentary film on the new crop of East End farmers. It is produced by the Peconic Land Trust, with director Michael Halsband and co-producer Hilary Leff.The film explores the Trust's work with farmers on Long Island's East End.The film premiered at 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival where it received the Audience Choice Award.

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"Green in the Sky" by Kathryn Szoka.

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BASIC FACTS: "Plein Air Peconic X" is on view on October 10, 11 and 12, 2015. An Opening Reception will be held on October 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. A Meet the Artists coffee event will take place on October 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.